# Valley Charter Middle

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060246812643`
- **School name**: Valley Charter Middle
- **Location**: Van Nuys, CA 91405
- **Address**: 14646 Sherman Way
- **District**: Valley Charter Middle District (LEAID `0602468`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Middle
- **Grade range**: 6–8
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 34.20048, -118.45255
- **Phone**: (818)988-9128

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 264
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 13
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 20.3:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 83.3%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Blue
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Blue
  - math: Green
  - ela: Yellow
  - chronic_absent: Red

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 31.4% proficient — 228 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 52.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 66.0% proficient

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 21.4% (53 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 21.8% (63 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.0%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 73.3%
- **Black/African American**: 1.0%
- **Asian**: 3.5%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 16.0%
- **Pacific Islander**: 3.1%
- **Two or more races**: 3.1%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 70.2%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 21.2% — 52 students
- **English Learners**: 21.2% — 52 students

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $16,346,939
- **Federal share**: 17.2%
- **State share**: 46.7%
- **Local share**: 36.1%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $7,742,857

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $70,500
- **Poverty rate**: 21.7%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 40.4%
- **Unemployment**: 9.8%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,748
- **Foreign-born residents**: 45.1%
- **Single-parent households**: 11.9%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 5.8 miles (SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AREA 1)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 6
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 90
- **Nearest brownfield**: 2.78 miles (TUPPER ST COLUMBUS)

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 10.1085 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 4.6 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **CHAMPS - Charter HS of Arts-Multimedia & Performing** — 0.5 mi away, 0% (this school: 21.4%)
- **Lashon Academy** — 0.5 mi away, 7.3% (this school: 21.4%)
- **Van Nuys Senior High** — 0.7 mi away, 0.23% (this school: 21.4%)
- **Ararat Charter** — 0.8 mi away, 18.2% (this school: 21.4%)
- **Columbus Avenue Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 15.8% (this school: 21.4%)

### ela proficiency
- **CHAMPS - Charter HS of Arts-Multimedia & Performing** — 0.5 mi away, 51.3% (this school: 41.7%)
- **Lashon Academy** — 0.5 mi away, 60.15% (this school: 41.7%)
- **Van Nuys Senior High** — 0.7 mi away, 66.25% (this school: 41.7%)
- **Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles** — 1.1 mi away, 44.6% (this school: 41.7%)
- **Van Nuys Middle** — 2.1 mi away, 45.8% (this school: 41.7%)

### math proficiency
- **Kester Avenue Elementary** — 2.3 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **Chandler Elementary** — 2.5 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter** — 2.9 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **Stagg Street Elementary** — 3.2 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **High Tech LA** — 3.2 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-charter-middle-van-nuys/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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